This is the Forward’s coverage of the visual arts, including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, and crafts.
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Art His art is chock-full of American pop culture references, so why is it more popular abroad?
Jonathan Horowitz uses icons like Madonna and Michael Jackson to take on authoritarianism and antisemitism
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Art How a new Jewish holiday is inspiring a new Jewish ritual
31 'tzedek boxes' are inspiring viewers to take stock of their behavior year-round
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Culture One of history’s great artists may have had Jewish ancestry — is that why he freed his enslaved protege?
Juan de Pareja, once enslaved by Diego Velázquez, is the subject of a new exhibit at the Met
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Books Slave and victim of the Nazi regime — the complicated legacy of Bruno Schulz
Benjamin Balint delves into the history of the 'virtuoso of language and image' who was murdered on 'Black Thursday'
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Art A Jewish painter, perhaps, but undeniably a spiritually transcendent one
Standing before the paintings of Helen Frankenthaler, it's hard not to feel a sense of awakening
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Fast Forward How did a Nazi revisionist message make its way into a piece of public art?
The artwork on display near Tacoma, Washington, is being modified before its unveiling
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Art In this striking portrait of an Ethiopian Jew, she found a surprising connection to her family history
Turns out the background of Kehinde Wiley's painting was inspired by a 19th centry mizrah
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Art Born centuries apart, these artists embody the heroic spirit of Purim
Judy Chicago and Artemisia Gentileschi did not share a religion, but they are united by a common goal
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Books In ‘Something We Said,’ Richard Pryor’s daughter finds words to discuss the unspeakable
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Fast Forward A century-old Jerusalem photo album sparks search for forgotten images of the Western Wall
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Fast Forward 5th man charged in March arson of London’s Hatzola ambulances
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Culture Israel boycott battle intensifies at Venice Art Biennale, testing tradition of inclusion
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Culture Their sons are fighting for Israel, and it’s driving them mad